HomeMy WebLinkAbout1858 - RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE LIDO VILLAGE DESIGN GUIDELINESRESOLUTION NO. 1858
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF
THE LIDO VILLAGE DESIGN GUIDELINES TO THE CITY
COUNCIL (PA 2011 -148)
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH HEREBY FINDS AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF FACTS.
1. The City Council Ad -Hoc Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, with full City Council
support, has initiated and fostered the preparation of architectural and landscape design
guidelines that would be applied to properties within the Lido Village area.
2. The Lido Village area is generally bounded by Newport Boulevard, 32nd Street and
Newport Harbor. The planning area was expended to include the commercial shops on
the west side of Newport Boulevard north of 32nd Street and the parking lots on the south
side of 32nd Street between Villa Way and Lafayette Avenue.
3. The Lido Village Design Guidelines are intended to be used by property owners and
designers to help unify the Village and create a dynamic sense of place for the Village.
They would also be used by the City to design future capital improvement projects.
4. The Ad -Hoc Neighborhood Revitalization Committee created a six - member Citizens
Advisory Committee (CAP) to guide the development of the design guidelines and
encourage public participation early in the process. The CAP has conducted a total of
four noticed public meetings held on July 27, 2011, September 1, 2011, September 15,
2011, and October 6, 2011.
5. The use of four Cornerstones (Unification, Visual Appeal, Flexibility, and Sustainability)
serve as the guiding principles of the Design Guidelines and will promote a unifying
theme for Lido Village and will foster the enhancement of gathering spaces and
connectivity throughout the Village.
6. The Lido Village Design Guidelines establish architectural guidelines focusing on building
orientation and site planning, building form and massing, facade treatments,
storefronts and street interface, roofs, materials and applications, material wrapping,
door treatments, windows and glazing, shading and awnings, building signage,
architectural lighting, parking structures, and back of house treatments. Application of
these architectural guidelines to future development will promote district unity and
enhanced visual appeal in a flexible and sustainable way.
7. The Lido Village Design Guidelines establish landscape guidelines that not only apply to
plantings, but also identify hardscape, plazas, site furnishings, monumentation and
signage, screening elements, water features, public art and irrigation guidelines.
Significant attention is paid to streets, the waterfront, pedestrian connections, and links
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to surrounding neighborhoods. Landscaping and public improvements will serve as a
unifying element that will link the Village together.
8. A public hearing was held on October, 20, 2011, in the City Hall Council Chambers, 3300
Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California. A notice of time, place and purpose of
the meeting was given in accordance with the Newport Beach Municipal Code.
Evidence, both written and oral, was presented to, and considered by, the Planning
Commission at this meeting.
SECTION 2. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT DETERMINATION.
This action is not defined as a project and does not require environmental review under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves general policy and
procedure making activities not associated with a project and does not have the potential for
resulting in a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect
physical change in the environment (Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines). The adoption
of design guidelines does not authorize any specific development or project and would only
provide non - regulatory design guidance for future projects that would be subject to CEQA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
The Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach hereby recommends adoption of the
Lido Village Design Guidelines to the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2011.
AYES: Ameri, Hawkins, Hillgren, Kramer, Myers, Toerge, and Unsworth
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
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